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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the under-5 deaths

From: Causes of deaths in neonates and children aged 1–59 months in Nigeria: verbal autopsy findings of 2019 Verbal and Social Autopsy study

Characteristics

Sampled deaths

Neonatal deaths

1–59 months deaths

Total deaths

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Age

 Median age

1 day

19 months

2881

Sex

 Female

44.4 (335)

48.5 (1031)

47.4 (1366)

 Male

55.6 (419)

51.5 (1096)

52.6 (1515)

Zones (States)

 North West

(Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara)

39.3 (296)

49.0 (1042)

46.4 (1338)

 North East

(Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Yobe)

25.5 (192)

22.5 (479)

23.3 (671)

 North Central

(FCT, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau)

15.4 (116)

14.3 (303)

14.5 (419)

 South West

(Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ogun)

5.0 (38)

3.1 (65)

3.6 (103)

 South East

(Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo)

8.0 (60)

6.5 (138)

6.9 (198)

 South South

(Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Rivers)

6.9 (52)

4.7 (100)

5.3 (152)